Stock feeder



H. A. TAYLOR.

STOCK FEEDER.

APPLICATION man JUNE", 1921.

Patented M. M, 1922;

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H. A. TAYLOR.

STOCK FEEDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11. 1921.

Patented Nov. 14 1922.

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HUGE ANDREW TAYLOR, OF MANDAN, NORTH DAKOTA.

STOCK FEEDER.

Application filed June 11,

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HUGH A. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mandan, in the county of Morton and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock Feeders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for feeding oats or other similar food tohorses and other animals; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a stock feeder constructed according'to this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view of the stock feeder, showing the discharge door closed.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section, taken on the line 44 in Fig. 2 and showing the discharge door open. Fig. 5 is a vertical section, taken on the line 5 5 in Fig. 2.

The feed box 7 is rectangular in shape, and it has a receiving chamber 8 at its top. The bottom of the chamber 8 is closedby a horizontal sliding plate 9, and removable partition plates 10 are secured in the feed box below this plate, so as to make a measuring chamber 12 at the middle part of the feed box. The bottom of this measuring chamber is formed by an inclined plate 14. This bottom plate 14 is secured to a bracket 15 provided with a vertical slot 16, and 13 is a bolt arranged in the slot 16, and in a hole in the rear side of the feed box. The positions and size of the partition plates. 10 can be changed, and the position of the bottom plate 14 can be adjusted, so as to make the measuring chamber of any predetermined capacity. The front of the lower part of the feed box and of the measuring chamber is open, and 17 is a discharge door the upper .part of which is pivoted to the upper part of the feed box by a hinge 18. This door closes the outlet from the measuring chamber when closed as shown in Fig. 3.

The feed box is secured to the wall 20 of a stable by brackets 21, and is arranged over the manger. Each stall is provided with a separate feed box. An operating rod 24 is provided, and slides horizontally in guides 25 secured to the stable wall, behind the upper part of the feed box. This rod may extend through a row of stalls so that all the feed boxes in them can be operated simultaneously. A hand lever 26 is pivoted to the wall by a pin 27, and to the rod 24 by 1921. Serial No. 476,914.

a pin 28, and forms a convenient means for sliding the rod 24 back and forth in its guides. The sliding plate 9 is connected to the rod 24 by an arm 29.

The discharge door 17 is operated by means of a yoke 30 which straddles the feed box. The middle part of the yoke is pivoted to the feed box by a pin 31, and 32 18 a rod secured to the front end portions of the yoke, and working in a vertical guide 33 on the door.

A bell-crank lever 34 is pivoted to the rear side of the feed box by a pin 35, and its lower arm is pivotally connected with a lug 36 on the rear part of the yoke by a rod 37. A horizontal rod 38 is pivoted at one end to the arm 29 by a pin 39, and is slidable in an eye 40 on the upper arm of the bell-crank lever. This rod 38 has an abutment plate 41 on its free end portion, and 42 is a helical spring which encircles the rod 38, and is arranged between the eye 40 and the plate 41. A pin or projection 44 is also secured to the rod 38 on the other side of the eye 40 from the spring 42.

When the lever 26 is in its middle position, asshown in Fig. 1, the sliding plate 9 closes the top of the measuring chamber, and the discharge door 17 closes its outlet. When the lower part of the lever 26 is moved to the right, by hand, it slides the plate 9 to the left, and the food is admitted from the receiving or supply chamber 8 to the measuring chamber. The helical spring is compressed and the discharge door is held tightly closed while the measuring chamber is being filled.

When the lever 26 is moved in the reverse direction, it first closes the top of the measuring chamber 12, and when the pin 44 strikes the eye 40, it turns the bell-crank lever on its pivot, and moves the yoke 30 to the position shown in Fig. 4, thereby opening the discharge door and permitting the contents of the measuring chamber to descend by gravity into the manger.

What I claim is:

1. In a stock feeder, a feed box provided with an outlet at its lower part, removable partition plates and an, adjustable bottom plate secured in the said feed box and forming with it an adjustable measuring chamber, a slidable plate for closing the top of the measuring chamber, and a door closing the said outlet.

2. In a stock feeder, a feed box provlded with an outlet at the lower part of its front side, removable partition plates secured in the feed box, a downwardly and forwardly inclined bottom plate adjustable vertically in the feed box under the partition plates,

said partition and bottom plates forming with the feed box an adjustable measuring chamber, a slidable plate for closing the top of the measuring chamber, and a door closing the said. outlet.

3. In a stock feeder, a measuring chamber having a downwardly and forwardly inclined bottom and an outlet at its front side. a door pivoted to the said chamber at its upper endi and normally closing the said outlet, a guide on thesaid door, and a yoke pivoted to thesaid chamber and provided with a rod at its fnontend which is slidaible in the said guide and which. operates to open and close the said door when the yoke is moved. pivotally.

4. In a stock feeder, a feed box provided with a measuring chamber, a slidable plate for closing. the itopcot the said chamber, a door hinged to the feed box and closing the lower end of the said chamber, a slidable horizontal, operating rod, an arm secured to the said rod and having. the said plate connected to it, a yoke pivoted to the feed box and having a rod which extends across the front of the said door, a guide secured to the said door for the said rod to slide in, and lever mechanism arranged between the rear part of the said yoke and the said arm and operating the said door alternately of the operation of the said plate.

5. In a stock feeder, a feed box provided with a measuring chamber, a door hinged to the feed box and closing the lower end of the said chamber, a yoke pivoted to the feed box and having its front part operatively connected with the said door, a bell-crank lever pivoted to the feed b0}; and having its lower arm operatively connected with the rear part of the said yoke and having an eye on its upper arm, a rod projecting through the said eye and having an abutment plate .on one end portion, a spring arranged between the said eye and abutment plate, and a projection on the said rod on the other side opt its; eye from the said spring, the said door being opened by means or" the said projection, when the said rod is .sl-id in one direction and being held closed by the spring when the rod is; slid in the reverse im ct en- In. testimony whereof} I have afilxedmy s gnatur HUGH, ANDREW TAYLOR. 

